Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9)

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Land Registration Act 2002

2002 CHAPTER 9

CONTENTS

Go to Preamble

  1. Part 1

    Preliminary

    1. 1. Register of title

    2. 2. Scope of title registration

  2. Part 2

    First registration of title

    1. Chapter 1

      First registration

      1. Voluntary registration

        1. 3. When title may be registered

      2. Compulsory registration

        1. 4. When title must be registered

        2. 5. Power to extend section 4

        3. 6. Duty to apply for registration of title

        4. 7. Effect of non-compliance with section 6

        5. 8. Liability for making good void transfers etc

      3. Classes of title

        1. 9. Titles to freehold estates

        2. 10. Titles to leasehold estates

      4. Effect of first registration

        1. 11. Freehold estates

        2. 12. Leasehold estates

      5. Dependent estates

        1. 13. Appurtenant rights and charges

      6. Supplementary

        1. 14. Rules about first registration

    2. Chapter 2

      Cautions against first registration

      1. 15. Right to lodge

      2. 16. Effect

      3. 17. Withdrawal

      4. 18. Cancellation

      5. 19. Cautions register

      6. 20. Alteration of register by court

      7. 21. Alteration of register by registrar

      8. 22. Supplementary

  3. Part 3

    Dispositions of registered land

    1. Powers of disposition

      1. 23. Owner´s powers

      2. 24. Right to exercise owner´s powers

      3. 25. Mode of exercise

      4. 26. Protection of disponees

    2. Registrable dispositions

      1. 27. Dispositions required to be registered

    3. Effect of dispositions on priority

      1. 28. Basic rule

      2. 29. Effect of registered dispositions: estates

      3. 30. Effect of registered dispositions: charges

      4. 31. Inland Revenue charges

  4. Part 4

    Notices and restrictions

    1. Notices

      1. 32. Nature and effect

      2. 33. Excluded interests

      3. 34. Entry on application

      4. 35. Unilateral notices

      5. 36. Cancellation of unilateral notices

      6. 37. Unregistered interests

      7. 38. Registrable dispositions

      8. 39. Supplementary

    2. Restrictions

      1. 40. Nature

      2. 41. Effect

      3. 42. Power of registrar to enter

      4. 43. Applications

      5. 44. Obligatory restrictions

      6. 45. Notifiable applications

      7. 46. Power of court to order entry

      8. 47. Withdrawal

  5. Part 5

    Charges

    1. Relative priority

      1. 48. Registered charges

      2. 49. Tacking and further advances

      3. 50. Overriding statutory charges: duty of notification

    2. Powers as chargee

      1. 51. Effect of completion by registration

      2. 52. Protection of disponees

      3. 53. Powers as sub-chargee

    3. Realisation of security

      1. 54. Proceeds of sale: chargee´s duty

      2. 55. Local land charges

    4. Miscellaneous

      1. 56. Receipt in case of joint proprietors

      2. 57. Entry of right of consolidation

  6. Part 6

    Registration: general

    1. Registration as proprietor

      1. 58. Conclusiveness

      2. 59. Dependent estates

    2. Boundaries

      1. 60. Boundaries

      2. 61. Accretion and diluvion

    3. Quality of title

      1. 62. Power to upgrade title

      2. 63. Effect of upgrading title

      3. 64. Use of register to record defects in title

    4. Alteration of register

      1. 65. Alteration of register

    5. Information etc

      1. 66. Inspection of the registers etc

      2. 67. Official copies of the registers etc

      3. 68. Index

      4. 69. Historical information

      5. 70. Official searches

    6. Applications

      1. 71. Duty to disclose unregistered interests

      2. 72. Priority protection

      3. 73. Objections

      4. 74. Effective date of registration

    7. Proceedings before the registrar

      1. 75. Production of documents

      2. 76. Costs

    8. Miscellaneous

      1. 77. Duty to act reasonably

      2. 78. Notice of trust not to affect registrar

  7. Part 7

    Special cases

    1. The Crown

      1. 79. Voluntary registration of demesne land

      2. 80. Compulsory registration of grants out of demesne land

      3. 81. Demesne land: cautions against first registration

      4. 82. Escheat etc

      5. 83. Crown and Duchy land: representation

      6. 84. Disapplication of requirements relating to Duchy land

      7. 85. Bona vacantia

    2. Pending actions etc

      1. 86. Bankruptcy

      2. 87. Pending land actions, writs,…

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